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“THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1406-E1407 on June 25, 2007.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008
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speech of
HON. BARBARA LEE
of california
in the house of representatives
Thursday, June 21, 2007
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union had under consideration the bill--(H.R. 2764) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes:
Ms. LEE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Payne amendment and thank my colleague for working with Chairwoman Lowey in drafting this amendment.
Over the last month the entire country has awakened to the threat of XDR-TB (Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis). The simple fact of the matter is that we can prevent XDR-TB and the less dangerous MDR-TB
(Multi-drug resistant TB) with better TB control programs that ensure that people who are taking drugs for TB stay on their medicines, and avoid developing drug resistance.
XDR-TB has already been found in over 37 countries around the world. However, due to inadequate lab facilities around the world we don't truly know how far XDR-TB has spread.
Additional funding provided by the Payne amendment would help us address some of these issues. I want to again thank my colleague Representative Payne for offering this amendment and for working with Chairwoman Lowey to ensure that we increase funding for Tuberculosis programs in the State-Foreign Ops bill this year.
I look forward to continuing to work with both of my colleagues and the committee to ensure that TB continues to get the funding and attention it deserves.
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